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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region on Sunday blocked a thanksgiving event organized in Jinja City by National Unity Platform-NUP member Suleiman Namwoza. Namwoza is currently aspiring for the NUP flag to contest for the Jinja South West parliamentary seat. She had organized the event at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven opposition Members of Parliament have been blocked from visiting displaced residents of Apaa Township in Juka Trading Center. The more than 700 residents were displaced by a spate of renewed violence in Acholi Ber and Goro B villages in Apaa Township. On Thursday, Members …

Police officers in Kampala spent the better part of Friday morning and afternoon, arresting prominent opposition members who were planning to hold a fundraising campaign to raise money for the re-opening of Makerere University. The planned activities were scheduled to take place at the university’s freedom square. Former presidential candidate …